Descendants 4

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The new alliance with Briar Rose takes far longer than either Queen expected, however everything goes smoothly. Victoria and Audrey have tea a couple of times during the drafting of the official alliance and they make small talk. Victoria offers some advice after Audrey is brave and smart enough to ask for them. She and Daniel walk around the gardens and venture quickly into town once.

At last the alliance is approved by all, signed by both Queen's and Daniel who is the only consort present. After the signing Audrey goes home and Victoria works on a new mirror for the edge of Briar Rose's territory.

"Is there anything else Dolly?" Victoria asks as she's finished putting the last sigil on the glass. She heals her bloody finger as Dolly looks through her folder

"No my Queen" Dolly smiles "you may leave for Auradon at any moment" Victoria nods and send a text to Uma asking where they are

"So?" Daniel asks holding their bags once more "can we go?"

"Dolly gave us the green light" Victoria smiles and reads Uma's text before putting her phone away. Daniel and her walk into the Auradon mirror and appear on the docks right beside the Holy Trinity

"So where are they?" Ben asks as they get in the car Ben left for them, the keys under the visor as always

"They're heading for dinner, a small restaurant called 'La Ratatouille' it's supposed to be very good" Victoria says "only the VK's are allowed though is that okay? I feel we haven't seen much of each other these days" Daniel nods, reaches over for her hand and brings it to his lips for a kiss

"It'll give me time to talk to Ben" Daniel sighs, dreading the conversation, knowing Ben it could all go smoothly or they might end up finishing the fight they'd had on Siracusa which seems a life time ago.

"Good luck" Victoria laughs and Daniel rolls his eyes a smile on his lips. He pulls up to the restaurant and Victoria leans over to give him a kiss

"Don't fight" she says "but if you do you better win" Daniel laughs and kisses her once more before she gets out and he leaves for the castle.

"Good evening do you have a reservation?" The hostess asks Victoria as she walks in

"Tori!" Carlos yells from one of the tables in the back, the woman smiles

"Right this way" she says and leads her to the table and hands her a menu

"Carlos how are you?" Victoria asks gripping his outset he'd hand and smiling at him, she has to reach over Evie to hold him

"I'm doing good Tori I don't feel bad or anything" he smiles and takes a sip of wine "honest"

"That's good" she smiles, relieved he's not in pain

"What about us?" Jay asks "you act as if we're strangers, don't we get a hello?" Victoria rolls her eyes and says hi to everyone individually just to make a point

"Thank you" Jay says making them laugh

"Alright so fill me in, what's happened since I left?" Victoria asks Evie and Uma who shake their heads and take a sip of their drinks.

"Oh no you are not getting out of sharing the gossip between you and Briar Rose" Evie says excitedly slapping her arm "you have to tell us everything that happened. Who killed the king? What was the queen wearing, do you know anything about Audrey?"

"Where my sword?" Uma chimes in adding to the questions

"Where's my crown?" Gil adds jokingly Harry chuckles and gives him a fist bump

"Yeah and where's my homework from two years ago I've really got to turn it in" Carlos adds cracking up as he says it

"Okay fine" Victoria holds up her hands in defeat "here's what happened it's really bloody and filled with lots of drama" they all ohh and watch with rapt attention as Victoria leads them through the entire battle sometimes using her magic to recreate events at a small scale on the table. They only pause when the waiter comes over to take their orders, he's wearing skates which does not go with the restaurants aesthetic but is very useful for fast deliveries.